Climate change ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China, also known as the BASIC countries, have called on the developed economies to raise their level of ambition to reduce green house gas emissions. They made the appeal at the 13th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in Beijing.
Climate change ministers from Brazil, South Africa, India and China, also known as the BASIC countries, have called on the developed economies to raise their level of ambition to reduce green house gas emissions. They made the appeal at the 13th BASIC Ministerial Meeting on Climate Change in Beijing.
Xie Zhenhua, vice chairman of China's Nat'l Dev't & Reform Commission, said, "In the upcoming Doha conference, we need make the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol a legally binding deal. We need to set developed countries' emission-cut pledges in the second commitment and non-Kyoto developed countries' comparable emission targets."
Xie says three major issues are involved in the second commitment: its existence, length and ambition. He says the Kyoto Protocol remains a key component of international climate regime, and that second commitment period is the key deliverable for Doha. The ministers issued a joint statement that the developed countries should take the lead and scale up ambition, not just in mitigation but also in adaptation, finance, technology transfer and capacity building.
China's State Council's Information Office will hold a news conference this afternoon. Xie Zhenhua will speak on China's policies and actions for addressing climate change.
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